
MONTHLY PHOTO ARCHIVE
Welcome to our galleries for 2023 which include all the photographs entered in each contest. Watch the tombstone for each photo which details the title of the photo, the name of the photographer, the month of the contest, and whether the photo was voted the winner (or one of the winners if there was a tie). Enjoy browsing through these memories as you marvel over the talent, humor, love, and sense of adventure that resides in your family. And thank you for participating in this delightful camera celebration. - Mary




WILDFLOWERS IN THE BEAUTIFUL SONORAN DESERT
Photo by Samantha Markiewicz
April, 2023
Second Place Winner


YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY I USE MY WALK, I’M THE CHICKEN MAN. BAWK B’GAWK.
Photo by Maggie May
June, 2023
First Place Winner
ENCHANTED TABLE AT MYSTIC POND WHERE THE WATERS WHISPER TO ME
Photo by Kallie Daniels
June, 2023
First Place Winner





BREAKING: PORTLAND MAN UNDETERRED FROM SPORTING EVENT DESPITE MODERATE RAIN
Photo by Erik Gunderson
November, 2023
First Place Winner

5 YEARS IN THE MAKING. 1/1/19 vs. 1/1/24
Photo by Ada Johnston
December, 2023
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BONUS REEL 2023
EAGLE WAITING FOR ONE OF THOSE WHITE EGGS TO HATCH
Bonus Photo by Greg May
November, 2023
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BONUS - TUSCANY, ITALY
MAIN STREET IN ITALY
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“So this is not someone's driveway. It's the main road through town.”
LA DOLCE VITA
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Background: the marble mines of Carrara
Foreground: the Mediterranean sea from the southern end of the Italian Riviera where the waters are crystal-clear and people bring you drinks as you lounge on the beach. You know, if you like that sort of thing.”
THE MAIN ATTRACTION
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“What a visit to Italy is all about for me.”
BAY OF POETS
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
Wait, which end of the beautiful Bay of Poets guarded by a late Renaissance castle were we supposed to go to? Or, how can you get lost on a beach?
IL GALLO NERO
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
”Il Gallo Nero – the black rooster that signals the wine in a bottle is Chianti Classico; celebrated in the heartland of Chianti by a sculpture of a black rooster.”
ITALIAN SCULPTURE • SAMPLE 1
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Renaissance sculpture of naked people pretending to be Gods and Biblical people and Romans and perhaps naked Roman Gods.”
ITALIAN SCULPTURE • SAMPLE 4
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
David is a marble masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. It’s 17 ft. tall.
ANCIENT ITALIAN HOME
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Photos taken at a super-secret location somewhere in central Italy. I’m not allowed to give the name of the city. And yes, that Roman iconography is right there next to a Christian cathedral.”
ATTENTI AI CANI
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Attenti ai Cani” means “Beware of Dog” but the mosaic artists in Pompeii had to get the attention of people who might not speak or read Latin.
POMPEIIAN RUINS • SAMPLE 1
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“The Pompeiian ruins, at least for me, gave a pretty good sense of what life was like 2,000 years ago.”
TWA HOTEL • SAMPLE 1
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“A stop at the gro-o-o-ovy Mid-Century Modern TWA Hotel at JFK Airport in NYC, celebrating all things 1962.”

DREAMS THAT YOU DARE TO DREAM
Photo by Brian O’Connell
July, 2023
Second Place Winner